Publications for Bill Kapralos (Names in bold
denote students)
Thesis
- B.
Kapralos. The
Sonel Mapping Acoustical Modeling Method. Ph.D
Dissertation.
Department of Computer
Science and Engineering, York University, Toronto,
Canada, September 2006.
- B.
Kapralos. Eyes' n Ears: Face
Detection Utilizing Audio and Video Cues.
Master's Thesis. Department of Computer
Science and Engineering, York University, Toronto, Canada,
April 2001.
Refereed Journal Articles
- B. Cowan,
and B. Kapralos. GPU-based real-time
acoustical occlusion modeling. Virtual
Reality. To appear 2010.
- B.
Cowan, and B.
Kapralos. GPU-based
one-dimensional convolution for real-time spatial sound generation.
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Edition. 3(9), 2009.
- F. Hamidi, and B. Kapralos. A
review of spatial sound for virtual environments and games with
graphics processing units. The
Open Virtual Reality Journal,
Bentham Science Publishers. 2009 (to appear).
- B.
Kapralos, M. Jenkin and E. Milios. Sonel mapping: A
probabilistic acoustical modeling method. Building Acoustics, 15(4):289-313,
2008.
- B.
Kapralos, M. Jenkin and E. Milios. Virtual audio
systems. Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments,
17(6):527-549, 2008.
- E.
Milios, B. Kapralos, A.
Kopinska and S. Stergiopoulos. Sonification
of range information for
3D space perception. IEEE Transactions on Neural
Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 11(4):416-421, 2003.
- B.
Kapralos, M. Jenkin and E. Milios (2003). Audio-visual
localization of multiple
speakers in a video teleconferencing setting. International
Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology, Vol. 13(1):95-105, 2003.
Refereed Book Chapters
- Miguel A. Garcia-Ruiz, Arthur
Edwards, Raul Aquino-Santos, J. Tashiro, and B. Kapralos. Towards usable
collaborative virtual reality environments for promoting
listening comprehension. G.
Vincenti, and J. Braman (ed.) Multi-User
Virtual environments for the Classroom: Practical Approaches to
Teaching in
Virtual Worlds (to appear 2010).
- M. A.
Garcia-Ruiz, J. Tashiro, B. Kapralos,
and M. Vargas Martin. Crouching tangents, hidden dangers:
Assessing developments of dangerous misconceptions within serious games
for healthcare education. Shalin Hai-Jew (ed.) Virtual
Immersive and 3D Learning Spaces: Emerging Technologies and Trends (to
appear 2010).
Refereed Conference and Workshop Articles
- A. Monclou, S.
Cristancho, B. Kapralos and A.
Dubrowski. Serious games for analog
telecommunications
education. In Proceedings of the
ACM FuturePlay 2010 International Conference on the Future of Game
Design and
Technology. May 6-8 2010, Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada.
- K. Collins, B. Kapralos, A. Hogue and K.
Kanev. An exploration of distributed
mobile audio and games. In Proceedings of the ACM
FuturePlay 2010
International Conference on the Future of Game Design and Technology. May 6-8 2010, Vancouver, British Columbia,
Canada.
- J. Lam, C.
Collins, B. Kapralos, A.
Hogue and M. A. Garcia-Ruiz. Wiimote-controlled stereoscopic MRI
visualization with sonic augmentation. In Proceedings of the ACM
FuturePlay 2010
International Conference on the Future of Game Design and Technology. May 6-8 2010, Vancouver, British Columbia,
Canada.
- M. A. Garcia-Ruiz, M. Vargas
Martin, B. Kapralos, J.
Tashiro, and R. Acosta-Diaz. Best
practices for applying sonification to support teaching and learning of
network
intrusion detection. In Proceedings
of the World Conference on
Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (ED-MEDIA
2010). June 28 – July 2 2010, Toronto,
Ontario,
Canada.
- W.Shi, G. Lee, J.
Hinchley, J.
Corriveau, B. Kapralos, and A.
Hogue. Using a virtual
learning environment with highly interactive elements in Second Life to
engage
millennial students. In
Proceedings of the 2010 International
Conference on e-Education, e-Business, e-Management and e-Learning
(IC4E 2010). January 22-24, 2010,
Sanya, China.
- H. Sabri, B. Cowan,
B. Kapralos, M.
Porte, D. Backstein, and A. Dubrowski. Serious
games for knee replacement surgery procedure education and
training. In Proceedings of the World
Conference on Educational Sciences (WCES) 2010.
Istanbul, Turkey, February 4-8, 2009.
- C. Albuquerque, T. Brown,
B. Kapralos,
M. Hogan, and A.
Dubrowski. The use of virtual simulations in a laptop-based
university. In Proceedings of the World
Conference on Educational Sciences
(WCES) 2010. February 4-8, 2010, Istanbul, Turkey.
- J.
Macgregor, S. Meng, B. Kapralos,
H. Carnahan, and A. Dubrowski. Internet mediated, peer-to-peer
feedback for learning of patient transfer skills: Prototype development
and testing. In Proceedings of
the World Conference on Educational Sciences (WCES) 2010.
February 4-8, 2010, Istanbul, Turkey (to appear)
- W.Shi,
G. Lee, J. Hinchley, J.
Corriveau, B.
Kapralos, and A. Hogue. Using a virtual learning
environment with highly interactive elements in Second Life to engage
millennial students. In Proceedings
of the 2010 International Conference on e-Education, e-Business,
e-Management and e-Learning (IC4E 2010). Sanya, China,
January 22-24, 2010.
- H.
Sabri,
B. Cowan, B. Kapralos, M.
Porte, D. Backstein, and A. Dubrowski. Serious games for knee
replacement surgery procedure education and training. In Proceedings of the World Conference on
Educational Sciences (WCES) 2010. Istanbul, Turkey,
February 4-8, 2009 (to appear; accepted September 23 2009).
- B. Cowan and
B. Kapralos. Real-time
acoustical diffraction modeling using
the GPU. Proceedings of
the 10th
Western Pacific Acoustics
Conference. Beijing, China, September 21-23 2009.
- M.
Vargas Martin, B. Kapralos, M.
A. Garcia-Ruiz, M. Green and A. Brown.
Using sonification to
enhance teaching and learning of network intrusion detection. In Proceedings of the 12th International
Conference on Humans and Computers (HC 2009). December
9-10 2009, Hamamatsu, Japan.
- K.
Collins, B. Kapralos, and K.
Kanev. Sound interface design for smart table computer
interaction. In Proceedings of
the 12th International Conference on Humans and Computers (HC 2009).
December 9-10, 2009, Hamamatsu, Japan.
- B.
Kapralos, S. Khattak , A
Hogue,
and A. Kopinska. The
Interaction of Visual and Auditory Cues to
Linear Self-Motion Perception. Proceedings
of the 0th Western Pacific
Acoustics Conference. invited paper:
Special Session on Sound Technologies for Multimodal Communication. Beijing, China. September
21-23.
- A.
Brown, M. Vargas Martin, B. Kapralos,
Mark Green, and M. Garcia-Ruiz. Towards music
assisted intrusion detection. IEEE
Symposium on Security and Privacy. Oakland,
CA. USA, May 17-20, 2009.
- B. Cowan,
and B.
Kapralos. Real-time
GPU-based convolution: A follow-up. Proceedings
of the ACM FuturePlay @ GDC Canada 2009 International Conference on the
Future
of Game Design and Technology. Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada, May 12-13 2009.
- B.
Kapralos, N. Mekuz, A. Kopinska, and S. Khattak. Dimensionality
reduced HRTFs: A
comparative study. Proceedings
of the ACM Advancements in Computer Entertainment
(ACE) 2008. Yokohama, Japan, December 3-5, 2008, pp 59-62.
- B. Cowan,
and B. Kapralos. Spatial
sound for video games and virtual environments utilizing real-time
GPU-based convolution. Proceedings
of
the ACM FuturePlay 2008 International
Conference on the Future of Game Design and Technology. Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
November 3-5 2008, pp 166-172.
- A. Milner,
A. Hogue, B. Kapralos, and J.
Friedlan. Interactive
accounting
simulation environment for accounting education and training. Proceedings
of the ACM FuturePlay 2008 International
Conference on the Future of Game Design and Technology. Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
November 3-5 2008, pp 258-259.
- B.
Cowan, M. Shelley, H. Sabri, B.
Kapralos, A. Hogue,
M. Hogan, S. Goldsworthy, L. Rose and A. Dubrowski. Interprofessional
care simulator for
critical care education. Proceedings
of the ACM FuturePlay 2008 International
Conference on the Future of Game Design and Technology. Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
November 3-5 2008, pp 260-261.
- M. Guennoun, S.
Khattak, B.
Kapralos,
and K. El-Khatib. Augmented reality-based audio/visual
surveillance system. In
Proceedings of the 2008
IEEE International Workshop on
Haptic Audio Visual Environments and their Applications (HAVE 2008),
Ottawa, Canada,
October 18-19 2008, pp 70-74.
- Y. Gahi, M. Lamrani,
A. Zoglat, M. Guennoun, B.
Kapralos,
and K. El-Khatib. Biometric
identification
system based on electrocardiogram data. 2nd IEEE International
Conference on New
Technologies, Mobility and Security (NMTS 2008). Tangier, Morocco, November 5-7,
2008, pp 1-5.
- L. Qi, M. Vargas
Martin, B.
Kapralos, M. Garcia-Ruiz, and M. Green. Toward
sound-assisted intrusion detection systems. 2nd
International Symposium on Information Security (IS '07),
Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal, November 26-27, 2007.
- M.
Hogan, H. Sabri, and B. Kapralos. Interactive
community simulation environment for community health nursing.
ACM FuturePlay 2007 International
Conference on the Future of Game Design and Technology. Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
November 15-17, 2007.
- B. Kapralos,
S. Khattak, and D.
Zikovitz. Auditory
motion perception
threshold. In
Proceedings of the 2007
IEEE International Workshop on
Haptic
Audio Visual Environments and their Applications (HAVE 2007),
Ottawa, Canada,
October 12-14, 2007, pp 1-4.
- H. Sabri, S.
Khattak, B. Kapralos, K. El-Khatib, and M. Guennoun.
Virtual reality-based interface for the control of multiple
surveillance cameras. In
Proceedings of the 2007
IEEE International Workshop on
Haptic Audio Visual Environments and their Applications (HAVE 2007),
Ottawa, Canada,
October 12-14, 2007, pp 76-79.
- B.
Kapralos, M. Jenkin and E. Milios. Acoustical
modeling with sonel mapping.
In Proceedings of the 19th
International Congress on Acoustics
(ICA 2007), Madrid,
Spain, September
2-7, 2007. Invited talk and paper - special session
on Computational Methods for
Room-Acoustics Modeling.
- D. C. Zikovitz and B.
Kapralos. Decruitment
of the perception of changing
sound Intensity for simulated self-motion. Proceedings of the
13th
International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD 2007).
Montreal, Canada, June 26-29, 2007, pp 120-125.
- B.
Kapralos, and N. Mekuz. Application
of dimensionality reduction
techniques to HRTFs for interactive virtual environments. Proceedings
of the
ACM International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment
Technology (ACE 2007). Salzburg,
Austria, June 13-15, 2007.
- B. Kapralos, A. Hogue,
and H. Sabri. Recognition of Hand
Raising Gestures for a
Remote Learning Application. 8th
International Workshop on Image Analysis for Multimedia Interactive
Services (WIAMIS 2007). Santorini, Greece, June 6-8, 2007, pp .
- M. A.
Garcia-Ruiz, M. Vargas Martin and B.
Kapralos. Toward
multimodal
human-computer interfaces for network intrusion detection: A
sonification prototype. Proceedings
of the 122nd Convention of the Audio Engineering Society,
Vienna, Austria.
May 5-8 2007, pp 1634-1645.
- A.
Shupo, B.
Kapralos and
M. Vargas
Martin.
Statistical-based skin classifier for omni-directional images. In Proceedings
of the 2nd
International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications
(VISAPP 2007). Barcelona, Spain, March 8-11 2007, pp 11-17.
- B.
Kapralos, M. Jenkin and E. Milios. Acoustical
diffraction
modeling for interactive virtual environments. In Proceedings of the 2nd
International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications
(GRAPP 2007). Barcelona, Spain, March 8-11 2007, pp
241-248.
- B.
Kapralos, M. Jenkin and E. Milios. Sonel
mapping: A
stochastic acoustical
modeling system.
In Proceedings of the
IEEE
International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing
(ICASSP 2006), V421-V424, Toulouse,
France, May
14-19, 2006.
- B.
Kapralos, M. Jenkin and E. Milios. Acoustical
diffraction modeling
utilizing the
Huygens-Fresnel principle. In Proceedings of the IEEE
International Workshop on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and their
Applications (HAVE 2005), pages 39-44,
Ottawa, Canada,
October 1-2, 2005.
- B.
Kapralos, M. Jenkin and E. Milios. Acoustical
modeling using a Russian roulette strategy. 118th Convention of the Audio
Engineering Society, Barcelona, Spain,
May 28 - 31, 2005 (preprint 6497).
- B.
Kapralos, M. Jenkin and E. Milios. Sonel
mapping: Acoustical
modeling with
an acoustical version of photon mapping. In Proceedings of the IEEE
International Workshop on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and their
Applications (HAVE 2004), pages 1-6, Ottawa, Canada, October
2-3, 2004.
- B.
Kapralos, D. Zikovitz, M. Jenkin and L. R. Harris. Auditory
cues in the
perception of self-motion.
In Proceedings of the 116th
Convention of the Audio Engineering Society, Berlin, Germany,
May 8 - 11,
2004.(preprint 6078).
- B.
Kapralos, A. Barth, J. Ma and
M. Jenkin. A
system
for synchronous distance learning. In Proceedings of the 16th
International Conference on Vision Interface (VI 2003), pages
134-140, Halifax, Canada, June 11 -13,
2003.
- B. Kapralos,
M. Jenkin, E. Milios and J. Tsotsos (2001). Eyes 'n
ears face detection. In Proceedings
of the IEEE International Conference on
Image Processing (ICIP 2001), pages 66-69, Thessaloniki, Greece,
October 7-10, 2001.
- B.
Kapralos, M. Jenkin, E. Milios and J. Tsotsos (2001). Eyes' n
ears: Face detection utilizing audio and video cues. In Proceedings of the Second
International Workshop on Recognition, Analysis and Tracking of Faces
and Gestures in Real-time Systems (RATFG-RTS 2001, in conjunction with
ICCV 2001), pages 106-112, Vancouver,
Canada,
July 13, 2001.
- B. Kapralos,
M. Jenkin, E. Milios and J. Tsotsos (2001). Eyes 'n ears sound
localization. In Proceedings
of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech,
and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2001). Salt Lake City, Utah,
USA. May 7-11, 2001.
- E.
Milios, B. Kapralos, S.
Stergiopoulos. Sonification
of range
information for 3D space perception.
In Proceedings of the ICAD - Joint
ICAD/ASA/EAA Workshop on Auditory
Display, Berlin, Germany, March
20, 1999.
Refereed Abstracts
- L. E. M. Grierson, M. Barry,
H. Carnahan, B. Kapralos, and A. Dubrowski. Effectiveness
of an internet mediated educational networking instrument in the
simulation-based training of clinical tasks. The Royal College 2010 Simulation Summit, Toronto,
Ontario, September 27-29, 2010.
- A. Dubrowski, B. Kapralos, S. Cristancho, A. Kotsakis, E.
Ng, J. Pirie, S. Reeves, M. Barwick, B. Fleming-Carroll, A. Cheng, G.
Bird, D. Quintero, A. Monclou, and A. Hogue. Interactive
serious game simulation for critical care response team education. 3rd
International Paediatric Simulation Symposium and Workshops (IPSSW) 2010. Madrid, Spain, September 29-30, 2010.
- L. R. Harris, R. Herpers, M.
Jenkin, R. Allison, H. Jenkin, B. Kapralos, D. Scherfgen, and S.
Boronas. The perception of linear self
motion induced by a virtual reality display while viewing eccentrically. 11th International
Multisensory Research Forum. Liverpool,
UK, June 16-19, 2010.
- B.
Kapralos, M.
Hogan, K. Finney, and A. Dubrowski. Modular synthetic training research
evaluation and extrapolation tool (mSTREET).
2nd Annual HETRU
Conference on What really Works: Strategies to Improve Teaching and
Learning. Oshawa, Canada, November 21-22, 2009.
- M.
Hogan, B.
Kapralos, B. Muirhead, and A. Dubrowski. Community
health nursing comes to life. Third
Annual Conference of the
Canadian Game Studies Association. Ottawa,
Ontario, Canada. May
23-24 2009.
- M. Hogan, B.
Kapralos, B. Muirhead, and A. Dubrowski. Bringing
community health nursing education to life. Health
Professionals Education (HPE) Global Best
Practices in Simulation 2009. Toronto,
Ontario, Canada. May 21-23, 2009.
- M. Hogan, and B.
Kapralos. The use of simulations in
community health nursing curriculums. 26th Annual
International Nursing Computer and Technology Conference. Las
Vegas, Nevada, USA. June 4-7 2008.
- M. Hogan, and
B.
Kapralos. Simulations in community
health nursing. 2nd National Community Health
Nurses Conference. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. May 29-31
2008.
- B. Kapralos,
M. Jenkin, E. Milios and J. Tsotsos (2000). Eyes 'n Ears: A
System for Attentive Teleconferencing. The 39th
Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. Atlanta,
Georgia, USA. May 30 - June 3, 2000. Also
appears in the Journal of the
Acoustical Society of America, 107(5):2790, 2000.
Published Reviews in ACM Computing
Reviews
- Completed a
summary and a review of the following
paper (December 5, 2008): K. Bormann. Visuals are not what they look, Virtual
Reality 12(2): 115-123, 2008.
Technical Reports
- B.
Kapralos, M. Jenkin and E
(2006). Milios. The
sonel mapping acoustical modeling method. Department
of Computer Science and Engineering, York University, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada.
Technical Report. CSE-2006-10..
- B.
Kapralos, D. Zikovitz, M. Jenkin and L. R. Harris (2004). Auditory
cues
in the perception of self-motion for linear translation.
Department of Computer
Science and Engineering, York University, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada.
Technical Report. CS-2004-04.
- B.
Kapralos, M. Jenkin and E
(2002). Milios. Audio-visual localization of multiple speakers in a video
teleconferencing setting. Department
of Computer Science and Engineering, York University, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada.
Technical Report. CS-2002-02.